Background Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) is a front-line therapy for the management of acute respiratory failure (ARF) in the intensive care units. However, the data on factors and ...

The Vatican said as of Tuesday morning, Francis no longer needed to wear the noninvasive mechanical ventilation mask that ...

Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) delivers air through a tight-fitting mask that goes over the nose and/or mouth. NIV was originally used to treat neuromuscular disease. But, new evidence ...

For two nights in a row, he hasn't needed to use the noninvasive mechanical ventilation mask, which pumps oxygen into his lungs, and doctors said its use had been "suspended." Francis was put on ...

Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of ...

He required "noninvasive mechanical ventilation" to breathe in the weeks before he died, ABC News reported. The statement from the Vatican revealed the Pope's time of death.. "At 7:35 this morning, ...